Thursday, May 8, 2014

American Fisheries: Good News and Bad News

A recent investigative report shows that many American fisheries are recovering. With a few (but important) exceptions, recent efforts at managing our fisheries have been very effective.

The problem: collecting data on particular wild fish stocks is difficult and expensive. NOAA has to prioritize the effort. As a result, we have some unknown unknowns.

The bad news: fisheries management is less effective in the rest of the world, where over eighty percent of our seafood is caught.

To find out more, read the following VOX article: http://www.vox.com/2014/5/8/5669120/how-the-us-stopped-its-fisheries-from-collapsing

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